“He was normal, as odd as that may sound. I felt quite bad as I’d allowed what the media had done to his name and image to have me thinking, ‘Ok what’s this about to be? Is this going to be weird?’ But he walked in in a black suit and some sun glasses and was a genuine nice guy. And it wasn’t because he wanted something from me, he just had no reason other than to be a decent guy. We talked about the state of music, what he liked and didn’t like. One thing that was interesting is that he views music in shapes and colours and that’s how I think. He told me he admired my music and I could have fainted right there. I was like, `You like my music? You’re the reason I make music’. So I wanted to bring something good to the table. Melodic and meaningful. Those were the two words which kept coming back to me. Michael told me the melodies needed to be the ones you heard once and could sing back, and the lyrics needed to have meaning and depth. He believed what was wrong with a lot of music today is that people aren’t singing about anything. If it’s not about a party or sex then it’s about money, and there’s not really much to that. Michael told me, ‘I need songs that mean something to somebody and that’s what I need you for’. I was honoured. Hopefully the songs will see the light of day, it just has to be the right way.”